The Business of Becoming a Fashion Image Professional
Are you a fashionable, stylish individual seeking to make money with your skills? Discover how to create your new fashion business.
Nancy Plummer
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:(83)
What's included
1 live meeting
55 mins in-class hoursClass Experience
This informative class will guide the students through the necessary steps on completing a one-page mini business plan for your fashion and/or styling business. Planning is the key to a successful business venture; even in the creative fashion industry. Points to be covered include mission statements, identifying product and or service, and skills needed to succeed in fashion. Class will have a ice-breaker introduction exercise, PowerPoint slides lecture presentation, student group discussion questions and answers, and videos. Class will be a give-and-take interactive discussion with myself leading the class to share and learn from each other. Completion of the mini business plan will guide each one in the right direction on becoming a success and not a failure. Yes, you can turn your fashion sense into a money making venture! All you have to do is plan, plan, plan! No experience needed - just your creative ideas!
Learning Goals
1. Assess opportunities for creating a new fashion business.
2. Define their personal vision and goals.
3. Check to see that their business idea blends with their personal vision and goals.
4. Analyze one’s personal characteristics, skills, and experiences as they relate to entrepreneurship
Other Details
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Joined April, 2020
4.9
83reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
I’d like to say I’ve had a passion for fashion my entire life. I majored in Home Economics at Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio. My Home Ec degree, (now more aptly termed Retailing), provided me with many career choices. I’ve been a buyer for a major department store, a merchandise coordinator, a sales representative for major fashion vendors Levis Strauss & Co., GAP, and Ellen Tracy, an image consultant, personal stylist, fashion blogger, program chair of fashion design at a career academy, entrepreneur, and image management textbook author. Always eager to learn more and meeting new people, I achieved a Masters Degree in Training & Development in 2006 from Roosevelt University in Chicago, IL. I’ve been able to utilize my graduate degree in my image consulting firm, Fine Threads, established in 1999. I developed courses on appearance, behavior, and communication skills. My first book, Your Personal Style, was released in March 2009, and is available through Fairchild Publications or Amazon.com. Outside of work I enjoy the city of Chicago; the lakefront, unique retail shops, and the diversity of the people. I enjoy a great Sunday afternoon brunch and movie, live music, bike riding, Bikram yoga, reading fashion magazines, and dancing.
Reviews
Live One-Time Class
$25
per classMeets once
55 min
Completed by 14 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 13-18
3-9 learners per class
